D520 Markings in Africa

[DavePro]

As the Armee de l'Air was in opposition at the time of Tobruk I've tried a few P40 v D520 and so on missions.  Trouble is that you get German markings overlaid on the French, even if you turn markings off in FMB and select a French marked skin.  Can't really make videos of this.  Another D520 issue is that the language spoken in Campaign missions is English, not French - maybe I've missed something in setup.

[Buzzsaw]

23 hours ago, DavePro said:

As the Armee de l'Air was in opposition at the time of Tobruk I've tried a few P40 v D520 and so on missions.  Trouble is that you get German markings overlaid on the French, even if you turn markings off in FMB and select a French marked skin.  Can't really make videos of this.  Another D520 issue is that the language spoken in Campaign missions is English, not French - maybe I've missed something in setup.

The D.520  was never used in Libya or Egypt.   It was used in Syria and Iraq and later in Morocco during the Torch invasion.

 

We don't have French Flight Controllers yet included in the game.

 

The French aspect of the game is not a focus... the focus is the desert... so obviously there are Italian Controllers and Pilots.

 

We started with creation of voices for the French controllers and pilots, but that is still in progress. 

 

We lacked enough volunteers to assist with voice creation... we don't want fake French accents.

 

Anyone who wants to volunteer their time to create French voices would be welcome.

[DavePro]

All true, historically, Buzzsaw.  But one bit of desert looks much like another, so why shouldn't players use FMB to reproduce the  combats which really did occur between these aircraft types in Syria and Tunisia?  I don't expect the D520 to be falsely inserted into the Tobruk campaign, but it would be nice if German crosses didn't automatically appear on Vichy D520's.

I agree that you need authentic French voices - my own grammar and accent tends to set the French laughing.  Still gets me my coffee and baguette, though.

 

Oops.  Just set up an FMB mission from scratch and didn't get the markings.  I think what I did earlier was change aircraft in quick missions.  Consider the problem solved!  I have it in Bugs, so I'll cancel it there, too.

Edited August 13, 2020 by DavePro